Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n
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A96131
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A preparative for the fast, or, a sovereigne balsome for the cure of the distempers of the times.
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Weall, Job, 17th cent.
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1642
(1642)
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Wing W1186; Thomason E133_8; ESTC R23066
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